Pakistan’s President Zardari Steps Down as His Party Founders
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Asif Ali Zardari stepped down as Pakistan’s president and plans to rejuvenate his party after it was voted out of power in May’s general elections.
Mamnoon Hussain of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-N replaces Zardari, whose Pakistan Peoples Party’s strength was reduced to a third in parliament in the May 11 polls. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif won a record third term. Zardari’s departure today was announced by state-run Pakistan Television.